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SUBMITTER: Bacque-Cazenave J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5206779 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bacqué-Cazenave Julien J Cattaert Daniel D Delbecque Jean-Paul JP Fossat Pascal P
Scientific reports 20170103
Social interactions leading to dominance hierarchies often elicit psychological disorders in mammals including harassment and anxiety. Here, we demonstrate that this sequence also occurs in an invertebrate, the crayfish Procambarus clarkii. When placed in the restricted space of an aquarium, crayfish dyads generally fight until one of the opponents suddenly escapes, thereafter clearly expressing a submissive behaviour. Nevertheless, the winner frequently keeps on displaying excessive aggressive ...[more]